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Dan Brown: 'Inferno' Is 'The Book That I Would Want To Read'
by NPR Staff
Dan Brown, author of the blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, is back with his first novel in four years. Inferno follows academic hero Robert Langdon on a chase through Italy as he attempts to avert a biological catastrophe.
The Two-Way
Book News: Translators Of Dan Brown Novel Toiled In 'Bunker'
by Annalisa Quinn
Also: Lyndon Johnson biographer Robert Caro is put on the spot; a short film inspired by David Foster Wallace; the legacy of Samuel Johnson.
New In Paperback
Unforgettable Stories: Freemasons, Diane Keaton And Plane Crash Survival
Next week, Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol finally arrives in paperback, along with Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton's memoir, journalist Fareed Zakaria's update on the post-American world, journalist Annie Jacobsen's look inside a top secret U.S. military base, and journalist Mitchell Zuckoff's true tale of the survivors in a WWII plane crash.
New In Paperback
New In Paperback, Oct. 18-24
This week, Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol finally arrives in paperback, while Jennie Sanford explores her South Carolina governor husband's fall from grace and Steven Landsburg draws on math, physics and economics to challenge our ideas about what we believe.
Books
A Blockbuster Week For The Publishing Industry
by Lynn Neary
People in the publishing business described this week as a trifecta: It began with the release on Monday of the new Ted Kennedy autobiography and ends Friday with Oprah's announcement of her latest book club pick. In between, Dan Brown's new book The Lost Symbol hit the stores.
Author Interviews
More Symbols, Mysteries In Dan Brown's New Novel
At their core, novelist Dan Brown's best-selling books are treasure hunts, much the like the ones his father, a math teacher, arranged for him and his siblings. The Lost Symbol continues the tale of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, who is plunged into the secretive world of Freemasons.
Pop Culture
Knights Templar Inspires Trio of Best-Selling Books
The Knights Templar, a Crusades-era group of Christian monks turned soldiers, have inspired a trio of current best-selling books. Alex Chadwick discusses the literary fascination with the Knights Templar with Laura Miller, book critic for Salon.com.
Books
A Cabbie's Reading List
by Scott Simon
When Scott Simon got in the back of Will Grozier's London taxi, the conversation was so lively that Simon still turns to him for reading suggestions. Grozier offers a list of what he's been reading lately.
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